Urasoe City
Takeshita Keiko Recitation Performance “Don't Forget Himeyuri”
Okinawa Prefecture Women's Tsubasa 40th Anniversary and 5th Foundation Anniversary International Exchange Program 2024
- Theater / stage
- Recitation
- Real-life event
Schedule
2024.12.01（日）
Open：13:30 Start：15:00
Charge
Advance booking discount 2000 yen
2,500 yen Same-day
Advance booking discount 1000 yen for elementary, Junior highschool and high school students (Free Lap-held seat for preschool age children)
1200 yen for elementary, Junior highschool and high school students Same-day (Free Lap-held seat for preschool age children)
Contents
At the end of World War II, from March to June 1945, in Okinawa, where the only ground battle between Japan and the United States took place within Japan, about 150,000 people, which is one-quarter of the prefecture's population, were killed. 222 female students, later called “Himeyuri students,” were mobilized by nursing personnel at the Army Hospital, and 123 people aged 15 to 19 took their lives. This reading was transcribed based on notes written by those who survived. There are still wars going on around the world. This reading is a story that contains prayers for peace of female students scattered across the battlefield who swore in their hearts that they would never repeat wars again.
Read aloud by Takeshita Keiko
Music: Ishizuka Mami
Screenplay: Nakajima Takehiro
Director: Kae Sugata
11/30 (Sat) Itoman City, Kukuru Itoman Large Hall
12/01 (Sun) Urasoe City/Urasoe City Tedako Hall Large Hall
Performers
- Takeshita Keiko